Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 493: City Lord of Bright Pearl City

Chapter 493: Chapter 493: City Lord of Bright Pearl City

The white-robed elder from Tiankun Sect had launched a soul-shattering soul attack against Shi Feng, intent on completely eradicating his soul!

"Hmph!" Sensing the soul attack from the elder, Shi Feng snorted coldly and said, "You old fool with no memory, you’ve already forgotten the lesson you received under this Young Lord’s hand just now? Now, I will make sure you remember!"

Immediately, Shi Feng’s thoughts shifted, and he launched a soul attack, the Nine Nether Soul-shaking Seal, directly counterattacking the elder’s soul attack.

"Ah!" In an instant, the elder’s body violently shook, feeling as if his head had been brutally struck by a heavy hammer, sending a wave of intense pain through his brain. Clutching his head with both hands, he let out a wretched scream.

However, the elder quickly recovered from the pain and daze. But at this moment, he saw that Shi Feng, riding a white tiger, had already arrived in front of him. A large hand in his field of vision rapidly enlarged, reaching out toward his face.

Soon, Shi Feng’s hand grabbed the elder’s face and lifted his whole body up.

"No! Let go of me!" the elder roared in Shi Feng’s grip. Being a Seventh-stage Venerable Alchemist, even within the Tiankun Sect, everyone sought his favor. Even the high-ranking members of Tiankun Sect had to address him with respect, calling him "Master Huoo!"

Such a high-status individual had never before suffered the humiliation of being lifted by the face, especially not in front of an audience. The feeling was so unbearable, it was worse than death.

"Ah ah ah ah! Die! You will die a miserable death! Your entire family will be extinguished because of your foolish actions today!"

"Many have sought to take this Young Lord’s life, but up to this day, this Young Lord has been living well. As for you, you undying old fool, now go and die!" Shi Feng said coldly. In an instant, the hand that was grabbing the elder’s face suddenly burst into eerie scarlet fiery flames, setting the elder’s face ablaze as well.

"Ah!" Under the burning of the Sacred Flame, the elder let out an extremely wretched scream. Then, his entire body caught fire from the blood-colored blaze, turning him into a blood-colored fire man.

The wretched screams quickly ceased, and silence returned to the void. The humanoid blood-colored blaze rapidly retracted into Shi Feng’s hand, where he absorbed it into his palm.

The white-robed elder from Tiankun Sect had vanished completely into the void, and everyone knew that he had been reduced to ashes under the blood-colored blaze.

"This... The elder from Tiankun Sect is really dead! Killed by this young man!"

Shock and disbelief painted the faces within the crowd. Then came a chorus of gasps as people couldn’t believe that someone in the Eastern Domain would dare kill a person from Tiankun Sect!

And to kill so thoroughly that not even ashes remained.

After killing the elder, Shi Feng had absorbed his power of death, soul power, and blood, yet his expression remained indifferent, as if what he had killed wasn’t a person but rather a chicken.

Shi Feng had committed his first act of slaughter upon entering the Tianlan Empire. And his first kill was a Seventh-stage Venerable Alchemist from the Tiankun Sect.

Remembering the elder’s identity, Shi Feng reminisced about a year ago, when he had just awakened his memories in Moon City of the Yunlai Empire. Back then, he seemed to have also killed some kind of refiner, which led to a series of actions in defiance of his fate, even having to escape.

But now, he was much, much stronger than he had been back then!

Waking up from his memories, Shi Feng spurred his white tiger mount back toward the street below. However, as the crowd saw the Killing Star descending, they hurriedly dispersed in every direction to maintain a certain distance from him.

This person dared to kill members of the Tiankun Sect, what else was he incapable of doing!

Shi Feng didn’t care about their reactions and continued to urge the white tiger forward. Yet as he passed by, the crowds parted ways and kept their distance as if they had seen a harbinger of disaster.

At the tallest building in Bright Pearl City, the City Lord Mansion’s rooftop.

At this moment, five figures stood proudly on the rooftop, gazing into the Void, the place from where the piercing screams had just emanated.

Following this, as Shi Feng rode the white tiger down to the street, the gaze of these five individuals followed him.

These five were Bright Pearl City’s City Lord, Yez Mingxuan, and his Four Great Commanders.

Yez Mingxuan, clad in a luxurious silk robe, stood at the forefront with his hands clasped behind his back, exuding a powerful aura. The Four Great Commanders stood behind him.

"City Lord, shall we capture this man? Huoo Qu, that old Undying, after all, died in our Bright Pearl Port. Capturing this man would give us something to report to the Tiankun Sect," suggested Wang Han, one of the Four Great Commanders, to Yez Mingxuan.

"No!" Yez Mingxuan raised his hand to stop Wang Han after hearing his suggestion and said, "This person, knowing full well that Huoo Qu was a member of the Tiankun Sect, dared to kill him without any scruples. His background must be extraordinary!"

"Could this person’s background be from the other two major Sacred Lands of the Eastern Domain, the Moonlight Sect or the Sun and Moon Divine Sect?" at that moment, a rugged man with a full beard spoke up.

This man was Ma Yue, the Second Commander of Bright Pearl City!

"We cannot rule out this possibility," Yez Mingxuan nodded in response to Ma Yue’s words and then added, "Not long ago, I received news that this person entered Bright Pearl Port aboard a merchant ship of the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Building. Moreover, Jin Shuai, the Young Lord of the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant, personally saw him off!"

"What, this person is associated with the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant too?" Upon hearing Yez Mingxuan’s words, the Four Great Commanders looked at each other in astonishment.

Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Building might be a commercial force, but they were acutely aware of the deep foundations it held.

Yez Mingxuan said, "Currently, our Tianlan Empire has arranged martial arts competitions, and strong fighters from various places will converge here in our Tianlan Empire. It’s quite possible that powerful factions will show up frequently in our Bright Pearl City. Nowadays is a time of trouble and strife, and there are some matters we’d better not meddle in.

You should also restrain your subordinates and not behave as arrogantly and recklessly as before. Particularly, do not look down on those strangers from out of town! And don’t provoke them either!"

"Yes, we understand, City Lord!" Hearing City Lord Yez Mingxuan’s order, the Four Great Commanders bowed respectfully and complied.

"Mhm!" Yez Mingxuan nodded at the Four Great Commanders, then, with a move, he vanished from the rooftop.

(A mighty typhoon is making landfall! Fortunately, it looks like it will hit this side. I might be without electricity for a few days, so I’m just giving you all a heads-up. If everything is normal, the updates will be too! I’m praying now! Later on, I need to make typhoon preparations, so the third update will be late, around midnight!)